Counter-Terrorism

The interim opportunity provided by the Army’s curtailment of insurgent activity needs to be utilised to meet the aspirations of the local population in insurgency affected areas.

• K C Dixit
• August 23, 2010
• IDSA Comments

If India is indeed interested in being a ‘rule-maker’ in a multilateral world, alternative approaches to persisting problems is the basic component of it.

• Mehmet Ozkan
• August 11, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Since safeguarding the public space such as mass transportation networks, financial and industrial hubs from sporadic acts of terror is increasingly becoming difficult, socialising citizenry in democratic societies to the needs of counterterrorism assumes salience.

• Harinder Singh
• May 31, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Unlike ‘hard’ measures, ‘soft’ ones can succeed in softening the hearts and minds of even hard-core terrorists, especially when they are disillusioned, longing for a normal life, and want to exit from terrorism.

• Bilveer Singh
• May 28, 2010
• IDSA Comments

There is a need to modify existing laws and if need be create new ones so that extremists and terrorists do not go scot-free and continue to pose a threat to the country.

• Anand Kumar
• May 19, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Since both India and EU face the same threat of religious radicalism at home and from across the border, focused cooperation on this issue must be given serious thought.

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
• February 26, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Instead of beefing up army/police/paramilitary forces in the towns and cities, the government needs to urgently take measures to prevent entry of the criminal and terrorist elements at or close to the border.

• Ramesh Phadke
• December 22, 2009
• IDSA Comments

It is true that any negotiation with the outfit in the absence of Paresh Barua is going to meet only with partial success, but if the government manages to mainstream Arabinda Rajkhowa, the support base of ULFA would further erode.

• Anand Kumar
• December 11, 2009
• IDSA Comments

Apart from the reluctance to move beyond viewing the India-US relationship through the prism of US-China or even US-Pakistan ties, the Indian political leadership and the strategic community have so far failed to define India’s role in the growing partnership with the United States.

• Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
• December 03, 2009
• IDSA Comments

While countries need to adopt each other’s best practices to deal with the hydra-headed monster called terrorism, there cannot be a magic bullet or a single successful counter-terror strategy.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• November 26, 2009
• IDSA Comments